August 23, 2023
Best Hip-Hop Album Covers From the 1990s
[ad_1] The most memorable album covers tell a story in itself or, at the very least, illustrate what the album may sound like. The Beastie Boys’ debut, Licensed to Ill (1986), and its busted down jet with the words “Eat Me” written backwards on the wing screamed irreverence, while De La Soul’s vibrant, flower-infused cover for their inaugural album, 3 Feet High & Rising (1989), made it clear they were all about the peace, love and harmony.It’s a practice that dates way back to 1939, when 23-year-old Alex Steinweiss was working at Columbia Records as the label’s first art director. One day, Steinweiss grabbed a photographer and jetted down to New York City's...